January 2023 – Page 13

Video Premiere: Peach & Quiet “Beautiful Thing”

January 20, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the dreamy, laid-back ‘Beautiful Thing’ from Peach & Quiet, the musical project of Canada’s Jonny Miller and Welsh-born Heather Read, partners in life and in song. For ‘Beautiful Thing’, they are joined by a […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Willie Nile Albums

January 19, 2023 Paul Russell 0

Willie Nile is such an accomplished musician it’s a crime he’s not been more successful. Over the course of 20 albums since his 1980 debut, he’s consistently written songs that are his trademark – ringing guitars, […]

Jesse Malin “Downliner (Afterglow Version)” – its all right, people, it’s all right

January 19, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, ‘The Fine Art Of Self Destruction’ will be reissued on 17th February 2023 in expanded form with a bonus disc of the album reimagined and re-recorded with Malin’s longtime band. The […]

Kelly Bayfield “Wave Machine”

January 19, 2023 Viv Fish 0

A fine body of work. Profoundly personal and, for a while, very private due to their poignancy, the songs on this debut album from Kelly Bayfield reach extraordinarily deep. By her own admission, the reflection and […]

Declan O’Donovan “Within The Pale” – fuzzy feel good music

January 19, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Not, we have to point out immediately, a song about the part of Ireland under direct control of the English Government in the late Middle Ages / Early Modern period. No – that would be a […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

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A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”